What’s your favorite Christmas song?
As we ponder this special day, whether our focus is a baby in a manger or a blizzard of wrapping paper, ribbons and presents, we likely have some sort of holiday tunes running around in our head.
Indeed, whether you are super religious or atheistic, you likely have a special song or songs from this time of year that have remained in your psyche.
I’m going to offer a list of 11 songs that spark 10 special memories for me. I invite you to do the same as we take a break today from county politics, state legislation, city plans and public school challenges – and COVID-19, of course.
– “Do You Hear What I Hear”: The first time I remember hearing this song was on a car radio during a Christmas break from school when I was accompanying my mother as she called on business clients. (She could leave me in the car back then without the fear of being charged with child abuse.) Pretty sure it was Andy Williams singing, and the simple, story- like lyrics have made it one of my all-time favorite holiday tunes.